It was -20 degrees this morning. We had the sheep in the corral in case it really stormed, so they wouldn't drift off. Did end up with maybe four inches of snow that blew some. The weather man in Rapid City thought this was the first time since 2011 that we had been this cold. We had had such nice weather through November that we should have got more done.
Here I had been feeding hay to the sheep for the past three weeks. About the time we turned the bucks out to lamb in April. They have been getting .7 lbs. of whole corn fed on the ground for the last month.
The grouse enjoy cleaning up the kernels of corn that the sheep don't get. We have 15 or twenty head of grouse.
We were having trouble watering the cows. It was taking longer than it should. Then over Thanksgiving three water leaks finally showed up. So we got them all fixed. The cows enjoyed watching the process on the one leak.
We started feeding the cows hay just before the cold weather moved in. They were not too enthused to start with about eating hay. They still had a lot of grazing. Now with the cold weather and the added snow cover they like to come for hay.
The first time I fed only about three head came to eat.
The heifer calves have been sent to the feed lot for the winter. We had weaned them for about a month to get them started. With the cold weather most activities have been curtailed except the usual chores everyday .
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